Week 12 Blog

I took this shot up around Zimmerman Park, to the west of the park and down a few levels. There are a few old wrecked cars up there and I really wanted to get some pictures with them. 

The closest I got to turn out was this. I took out some noise using filters in Photoshop Express and added a black and white filter to try and make it look better. 

Original 

1/4000 s f/5.6 18 mm ISO800

First edit

Second edit

Week 11 Blog

Some edits:

1/400 sec. f/2.4 4.3mm ISO 50

Taken on the Bangtail Divide trail near Bozeman. I've played with cropping out the left side where there's some blowout in the clouds but it did not look right. 

1/100 sec. f/5.6 55mm ISO160

Phipps Park - I took the editing suggestions given in the share 2 and critique and I like how it turned out, but I may try and get back up to Phipps and retake the shot. 

1/5000 sec. f/1.7 4.2mm ISO 40

This was on the east shore of the Great Salt Lake last fall; this is one that I would like to print for the show but I haven't been able to find a composition for it that I'm happy with. 

Share 2 and Critique (Nov. 13)

Week 10 Blog

I recently started using Photoshop Express for editing since I can't justify buying Lightroom and haven't had much free time to hunt down a campus computer that has it downloaded.

I think Express is pretty easy to use and I've been okay with the results so far, but it has made me realize how crappy the pictures I take actually are. I'm hoping to start getting some photos to turn out soon so I can end up with some okay pictures at the end of the semester.

I'm not sure why taking a photograph is so difficult for me, but it seems like whether I'm using my smartphone or the Canon I have checked out I can't get it right.

Share 2 and Critique (Nov. 6)

Shot on Canon EOS Rebel T3

1/4000 sec. f/5.6 30mm ISO 2500

Edited using Photoshop Express 

Shot on Canon EOS REbel T3

1/4000 sec. f/5.6 30mm ISO 200

Edited using Photoshop Express